Spectrum Mine Metal/Non-Metal
High Desert Gems and Minerals
· Surface
Controlled by
Christopher H Rose
Plush,
Lake County,
OR
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503769
Spectrum Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $588 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,852
proposed penalties
$2,264
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $588 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
21
inspections on record
222
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 222 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Spectrum Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $588 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$588
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 19230.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 381 | 2 | 0 | 5249.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 304 | 1 | 0 | 3289.5 |
| 2023 Q2 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 370 | 1 | 0 | 2702.7 |
| 2022 Q2 | 567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 399 | 1 | 0 | 2506.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 483 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 349 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 2777.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 7812.5 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 633 | 1 | 0 | 1579.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Spectrum Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.